Chapter 227: Ma Anliang's Entanglement
"How's it going?" Li Jun said with a surprised expression. You must know that they have notified the Zhan family and asked the Zhan family to leave Lanzhou City in batches, and then raise the clan to take refuge in the northeast. According to the original agreement, there should be news now.
"According to our horse scouting report, the Zhan family has not moved in the slightest. The head of the Zhan family also visited other Han families in Lanzhou as usual. "The Intelligence Bureau reported the information received from Lanzhou City to Li Jun.
"No way! According to the original agreement, even if the Zhan family repents, they will have some reactions, and such a calm is not normal in itself. Li Jun said with a frown. The actions of the Zhan family are a very important part of Li Jun's strategy, because of the prestige of the Zhan family in the Ganning region, once the Zhan family openly defects to the Northeast, some Han forces who are dissatisfied with Ma Jiajun will also take refuge in the Northeast, in the final analysis, this Ganning area is still dominated by Han people. Now that the Manchu Qing has been overthrown, and the Han people have regained the sovereignty of the country, there is no need to work for the Hui forces in such a low voice. After all, not everyone likes to be someone else's slave. Li Jun's grand strategy was not to occupy the Ganning region by force. Rather, it is to gain some of the people's hearts and minds before occupying the Ganning region. And the warriors are the best tool for the Northeast to win the hearts and minds of the local people. If something happens to the Zhan family, Li Jun can only rely on the absolute strength of the Northeast Security Army to completely occupy the Ganning area by force. As for governance, everything can only be said after it is fully occupied. Of course, the wounds of war cannot be healed in a short time, and Li Jun knows Feng Yong's almost crazy thoughts. To realize that grand strategy, the Northeast needs a solid Ganning region as a backing, so Li Jun will go to great lengths to surrender without a fight when his strength has the upper hand. It's a pity that the original plan to divide Ma Jiajun failed. If there is another accident in this aspect of the Zhan family, Li Jun will have no choice but to kill in order to complete the task as soon as possible. After all, the dispatch of nearly 100,000 troops in a major war will also put a very heavy financial pressure on the northeast. The Northeast is not deep enough to withstand a protracted war of attrition.
"Report to the Chief of Staff, a telegram from the warriors!" The herald said with some excitement.
"Translate it quickly!" Li Jun said anxiously.
………………………… Li Jun held the telegram in his hand and frowned slightly.
"Western Army? Ma Anliang? He actually wants to have secret contact with the Northeast? Li Jun pondered the authenticity of this matter. The Western Army is the oldest and most powerful of the Ma family coalition army. However, the system of the Western Army is also the oldest in the entire Ma Jiajun system, and the system is also the most rigid. Moreover, it is also true that none of Ma Anliang's children have become instruments. Many old people who retired from the Ma Jiajun back then lamented that there was no successor to the old general Ma Zhankui, and the seemingly powerful Western Army was about to come to an end! Considering these factors, Li Jun has reason to believe that it is not incomprehensible for Ma Anliang to find a powerful master for the inheritance of his bloodline. After all, if Ma Anliang's Ma family offered the territory of the Western Army in the Ganning region, it would be very easy to exchange for the wealth of the family's life.
Thinking of this, Li Jun also became interested in the Western Army in his heart. He took a pen and wrote a name order, and then handed it to the Confidential Division. Ask them to send it to the warriors.
If the fighters can really promote the Western Army to surrender to the Northeast, it will be of great significance to the war situation in the entire Ganning region. The return of the warrior to its former glory is just around the corner. The character of the young marshal Li Jun understands that he has never been stingy with his friends, but if it is an enemy, it is definitely decisive.
As soon as the telegram to the Zhan family was released, Li Jun was about to leave the Confidential Section, when a high-power radio station of the Confidential Section suddenly sounded.
"Chief of Staff, Changchun Emergency!"
"Quick translation!" Li Jun looked stunned. Li Jun, who thinks he knows Feng Yong's personality well, knows that Feng Yong is a person who can delegate power, and he is deeply convinced that people do not doubt the truth that people do not need to be suspicious, since he has handed over the war in the entire Ganning region to himself, he will definitely not interfere with his command of the troops. Of course, if there is an emergency, he will be notified as soon as possible.
Took the telegram from the telegraph operator. Li Jun's face showed a look of surprise and ecstasy.
"God helps the Northeast! With this appointment, we have one more trump card, which we can use at any time to sway the hearts of the people in the Ganning area. Li Jun's mind turned around, thinking about how to use this telegram to fight for the best interests of the Northeast!
Lanzhou. Ma Anliang's henchman Ma Ji sent secret information from the Zhan family to Ma Anliang's study. Since Zhang Guangjian's strength was greatly damaged and hibernated, Ma Anliang set up his headquarters in Lanzhou. After all, Lanzhou is the largest city in the Ganning region. It is also far from the front line of the war with the Northeast. Moreover, Lanzhou is also the location of Ma Anliang's original headquarters, and it is only because Zhang Guangjian is gradually getting bigger that he is looking for another place. Now that Zhang Guangjian is more honest than a cat, Ma Anliang has moved back. There is also a secret, that is, the Zhan family is also in Lanzhou, stationed in Lanzhou, Ma Anliang can contact the Zhan family at any time, and through the relationship between the Zhan family and the Northeast secret negotiation, leave a way for his family to live.
"The Northeast agreed to secret peace talks?" Seeing the intelligence of the fighters, Ma Anliang fell into contradictions. Once he had secret contact with the Northeast, it proved that he had betrayed Ma Jiajun and betrayed the power that his father had run all his life. However, the incompetence of Ma Anliang's descendants is in stark contrast to the excellence of Ma Qi and Ma Fuxiang's descendants. This made Ma Anliang unable to tolerate the decline of the Western Army after a hundred years, or even be completely replaced. Although the children are not angry, as a father, he must always give his children a good future, at least let them be rich and prosperous all their lives!
Ma Anliang could imagine how much loss Ma Jiajun would suffer because of the sudden defection of the Western Army! In addition to surrendering, the remaining Ma Jiajun can only be completely wiped out, and they are completely unqualified to negotiate. And once he defected to the Northeast, he had no place in the Ma family in Hezhou. After all, because of his surrender, it led to the decline of the entire Ma surname group. This will definitely be hated by the children surnamed Ma.
Just when Ma Anliang was hesitating, Ma Anliang's wife walked in with a cup of hot tea. Ma Anliang's wife was born in a large Hui family, gentle and graceful, and a good housekeeper. Although Ma Anliang also has a lot of other women, he has always been good to this lady. Therefore, Mrs. Ma was able to enter Ma Anliang's study.
"Madame, what's wrong with you? Isn't your face very good? Ma Anliang looked a little strange when he saw his wife, you must know that although the Northeast army is now shocked, the strength of their western army is still strong, and with the prestige that the Ma family has accumulated in the Ganning region for many years, the Ma family army may not have a chance to win. In this case, how could his wife have a sad expression, which made Ma Anliang feel strange.
After all, Muslim women and Han women are different. In addition, the feudal atmosphere of this place in the northwest is not as strict as that in the Guannai. Therefore, Mrs. Ma is not the kind of woman who has little knowledge. Even many times, Mrs. Ma can act as Ma Anliang's virtuous helper.
"Xiao Wu has lost his temper again! I don't know which one chewed the root of his tongue and said that the Northeast was about to fight. When the time comes, none of us surnamed Ma will be able to escape. This made Xiao Wu blame himself for not being able to help you, and he started a hunger strike again. "The little five mentioned by Mrs. Feng is Ma Anliang's youngest son, who is less than 20 years old this year. When he was a child, he was smart, but unfortunately when he was ten years old, he had a serious illness and suffered from eye disease, and although he finally saved his life, he was completely blind in both eyes, and he never stepped out of the backyard of the Ma family since. The personality has gradually become weird. He is Ma Anliang's least valued son.
Blind people have low self-esteem and are sensitive, and Ma Anliang still feels indebted to this son.
"You take good care of Xiao Wu, don't let him think cranky, I will be on top of the sky when the sky falls!" Ma Anliang said.
"Anliang! I shouldn't have said much about it as a woman, but the strength of the Northeast is strong, even if our army is lucky enough to repel the army in the Northeast this time, won't they come again? Who can guarantee that we will win all the time? If you want me to say it! Let's find a way out for the children. "Mrs. Ma doesn't care too much about her life and death, but she attaches great importance to her children.
Ma Anliang nodded. Then fell into deep thought. Mrs. Ma withdrew in amusement.
"Pass my order and order the troops of the Western Army on the Tianshui border to retreat fifty miles!" Ma Anliang said. He has already made up his mind to make contact with the Northeast! And this action is a signal. He believes that the northeast side will also understand his sincerity. As for how the two sides will negotiate, Ma Anliang is not clear, what he has to do now is to explain the order he just made. After all, now the Northeast has just swallowed two large counties. The adjustment has not yet been completed, and the movements of the Western Army are obviously afraid of the enemy. Of course, Zhuma would not agree. Skepticism is yes. After all, Ma Anliang is only the temporary commander of the coalition army, and Ma Anliang is not arrogant enough that he can fully represent the will of Ma Jiajun.
Since the formation of the Zhuma division forces, the turf struggle has made them lack complete trust between them, such a joint force can give full play to the combat effectiveness of the original troops, and Ma An's conscience is not at the bottom, which makes him more worried about the future of Ma Jiajun, and also strengthens his determination to contact the northeast.
"I hope this decision of mine is not wrong! Fathers and sons have no choice. The northeast is strong, our territory is now the first to bear it, although the forces of the entire Ganning region are integrated together, but the troops and horses are full of contradictions, although the son is the commander, it is very difficult to mobilize them, how can such an army be the opponent of the northeast, and once the war starts, the entire Ganning region will fall into turmoil, which is also what you hated back then, father. The son has now decided to join the Northeast like his father did in the Qing Dynasty. I just hope that my son's action can make the Ganning area settle down as soon as possible! Ma Anliang stood in the ancestral hall and said silently to his father Ma Zhankui's tablet. Then he kowtowed respectfully a few times and left with a determined face.
(To be continued)